Jumping in on the "Genuine" vs "generic" toner cartridges, based on my
experience as an IT Manager, responsible for dozens of laser printers:
. Depending on where you live, what batch, the weather, the phase of
the moon, sunspots, etc., your experience with any given supplier of
"non-Genuine" toner cartridges can vary all over the place, ranging from
better than OEM, to downright useless. And just because one batch is good,
does not necessarily mean the next one will be. You may also be able to
find a supplier of consistent, top quality product.
. What you pay for with an OEM ("Genuine") cartridge is two things.
1st is consistency. Each and every toner cartridge will be very similar in
characteristics to the next one. 2nd, and equally important, the toner
cartridge, and it's payload, will be optimized for the particular printer it
was meant for. This means the "right" melting temperature, the right
particle size, right shape, etc.
Are all non-OEM cartridges junk? No. Are all OEM cartridges perfect?
Probably not, but more likely to be consistent.
John
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Stefan and others - Stefan, you make the comment about the need for a
"genuine HP cartridge" for toner transfer. Is this true of most all HP
printers? I'm thinking of the P-1006 for instance. Is there really that much
difference in the first 500 pages, and the 1200th page?
How long will a laser toner cartridge last once it's started, then taken
from the printer for storage?
Is it worth while to have two cartridges - one older for normal printing,
and one "new" for TT?
Thanks to you and all others for comments.
Ken H>
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com> , Stefan Trethan
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
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> Steady on there! The LJIII is not crappy! It may not print so well
> With a new genuine HP cartridge I've actually had pretty decent
> results, but it's worthless with the cheap cartridges.
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